Dr. Robert Dillon serves the students and community of the University City as Director of Innovation Learning. Prior to this position, he served as a teacher and administrator in public schools throughout the Saint Louis area. Dr. Dillon has a passion to change the educational landscape by building excellent engaging schools for all students. He looks for ways to ignite positive risk taking in teachers and students and release trapped wisdom into the system by growing networks of inspired educators. Dr. Dillon serves on the leadership team for Connected Learning, a Saint Louis based organization designed to reshape professional development to meet today's needs. Dr. Dillon has had the opportunity to speak throughout the country at local, state, and national conferences as well as share his thoughts and ideas in a variety of publications. He has published four books. THE SPACE: A Guide for Educators, Redesigning Learning Spaces, Leading Connected Classrooms and Engage, Empower, Energize: Leading Tomorrow's Schools Today. He is supported by his wife and two daughters, and spends the remainder of his time running and cycling.

Books

THE SPACE: A Guide for Educators

Redesigning Learning Spaces

Leading Connected Classrooms

Engage, Empower, Energize: Leading Tomorrow's Schools Today

Consulting Opportunities

SCUCSD (TX)

Waverly School District (MI)

Cranbrook School (MI)

Waukegan School District (IL)

Parkview Elementary School (NC)

Andrews High School (NC)

Patterson Park Public Charter School (MD)

Cardinal Ritter College Prep (MO)

Podcasts

RebootED Podcast- February 201

Talking with Bob Dillon

Bam Radio Network- June 2014

Saying Yes to Innovation

Principalcast Podcast- June 2014

Episode 31 an Interview with Bob Dillon

PrincipalPLN Podcast- May 2015

Episode 53- A Visit to Pine Ridge

Principally Speaking Podcast- June 2015

PS44: Leading Connected Classrooms

Transformative Principal Podcast- August 2015

Orders of Change- Episode 83

Awards Received

EduBlogs Awards- Outstanding School Administrator Blog Finalist- 2014

METC-Spotlight Speaker-2014

Martin Institute Fellow- 2013

EduBlogs Awards- Outstanding School Administrator Blog Nominee- 2013

National School Boards Association- 20 to Watch in Educational Technology 2013

Education

Dissertation: “A Study of the Differences in Perceptions between Teachers and Their Principal Concerning Leadership Style and School Climate.”

Saint Louis University-St. Louis, Missouri

M.A. Degree-Secondary Administration-

August 1996-May 1999

Drury College-Springfield, Missouri

B.A. Degree-Secondary Education & Communications-August 1992-May 1996

Leadership Experience

Director of Technology and Innovation,

Affton School District, Affton, Missouri 2013-Present

Major Responsibilities: Building systems to remove friction from the daily lives of educators; foster trust and risk-taking in the school staffs; redesigning the infrastructure for successful technology implementation; growing consensus surrounding new innovations in personalized learning; manage a robust professional learning program for teachers.

Middle School Principal,

Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School,

Maplewood, Missouri - 2010-2013

Major Responsibilities: Create a caring environment that promotes risk-taking and innovation for kids; support our mission of high-level technology integration in a expeditionary learning environment; build greater levels of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, and stewardship in our students.

Middle School Assistant Principal,

Nipher Middle School, Kirkwood, Missouri - 2004-2010

Major Responsibilities Develop relationships with faculty and staff as a means to foster a positive school climate; analyze achievement and discipline data to find leverage point for system change; create user-friendly, service-oriented administrative team that focuses on overall student growth.

Middle School Assistant Principal, DuBray Middle School,

St. Peters, Missouri - 1999-2004

Major Responsibilities Developed academic growth programs that led to increases in student grades and test scores; served as technology integration coordinator for building. This included supervision over adding classroom computers and upgrading computer labs; led teams of teachers and counselors in the development of a master schedule including special education scheduling.

Credentials and Certifications

The Center for Green Schools- Green Classroom Professional Certification

University Teaching Experience

Major Responsibilities: Taught Honors Elective-“Surviving the 24- Hour News Cycle” to a group of students; created technology-rich environment that fostered discussion and understanding; used video and internet resources to guide students to mastery of essential questions of the curriculum.

Major Responsibilities: Taught EDU 540-“Introduction to Research Methods” to a diverse group of seventeen students; created environment for lively discussion and personal growth through a variety of opportunities for students outside the classroom; developed ideas and advised students on their individual action research projects. Projects culminated with detailed research papers and presentations.

Presentations

Greater Clark County- C4 Ignite Conference- July 2015

Seven Pillars of Digital Leadership

Leading Connected Classrooms

Art of Change Leadership

Building a Future Ready School

Missouri Google Summit- July 2015

Art of Change Leadership

ISTE- June 2015

Growing Super Connected Communities through Digital Classrooms Panel

ISTE-June 2015

Living Ferguson: How Edtech Can Amplify Our Social Justice Mission

ISTE-June 2015

Kajeet Presentation- Bringing Connectivity to the Heart of Achievement

ISTE- June 2015

BrightBytes Presentation- Leveraging Access and Environment to Increase the Use of Technology in the Classrooom.